Does anybody run or are in a ski club at their school
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JWillySkeez
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Hey just saw your thread. I am president of my schools ski club and if I had one piece of advice it would be to get info out to the members as quickly as possible (especially sign up info.. most will take forever to get it in). Other than that just make everything straight forward, if everybody understands whats going on, rules, etc. it will run super smooth. PM me if you have any more questions.
.Morton
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13686286:JWillySkeez said:
Don't know about you guys but our school for the past few years has had a ton of problems with drugs on trips (high school). Our school administration almost shut down the club, but luckily this year kids finally listened and didn't blow it for us all. My suggestion would definitely be to let kids know that in this situation, just one mistake could end the entire club.
NewEscuelers
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13686286:JWillySkeez said:
It literally had just been made when you replied to it
topic:The_SlothMan said:
What kind of club are you going for? Are you running through a high school, college, independently? What kind of services will you be offering to potential members? Have you spoken to the group sales representative from your home mtn? Will you be running trips or special events? What exactly are you trying to get out of it?
This is going to be super long but I hope you find some of it useful because ski clubs are one fucking damn good way to spread stoke and introduce people to skiing and I fucking love the whole idea of that. So I'm gonna try to give you the best advice possible so you can keep this whole thing rolling.
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You're going to have to figure out a business model of some sort. If you're going through a school this part will probably have been done for you, but you can still add your own ideas to the mix.
Are you going to do a one day per week pass with your mountain and you guys go as a club weekly? Or will members purchase their own pass and this is more of a community club?
One thing to keep in mind is that mountains typically give you a discount when you purchase through group sales. Basically the more members you have the less you pay. So if you expect a lot of people to be a part of this club you might benefit from talking to your mountain to get some kind of season pass discount. If this is going to be small(under 75 people) then you might be better off allowing your members to purchase any type of pass or lift tickets that they chose. (This really all depends on what your goals are though)
Busing is huge. It gives you a community vibe and you get to fucking party on the bus(if you're of age). You guys go as a group and you can get your own crews going and overall it's a good thing. I know kids are all like "buses are lame mehh" but having a ride to the mtn and hanging out with new people is nice.
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Set up social media. Odds are your content will be reposts and pretty lame compared to what you see from NS'ers but you can do a lot with it which I will explain later. Facebook and Insta are your friends.
Make some connections. Shop owners love ski clubs. Being associated with a club brings people into your shop and the owners can also help you pull off events. Mountain reps as well. Even some local ski companies. We do work with Planks Clothing. We tell all the people who come through our office about planks and they offer our members a discount on merch. So it's dope. If you're in a ski town or near a ski town definitely try to get in touch with people. They'll help you out.
If your school has a club fair, set up a table and make an info/email list. Get peoples emails if they're interested in receiving more information on the club. We use listserv for this. You can send mass emails quite easily. This also will give you a general idea of how many people would be interested.
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Once you get all the basic ideas of the what the club will be, then you can start to think about how you can make it awesome.
MOVIE PREMIERS ARE CHEAP AND GOOD FOR FUNDRAISING. We brought in Bdog and Dollo and showed their movies last year and it was easy and cheap and everyone had a good time. This is awesome for preseason events and getting your name out there to new people. And it gets gapers/normal skiers hyped on freeskiing and introducing people to our sport is awesome.
Ski Tech/wax nights. You need like 3 people max, borrow a wax iron from a shop and see if they'll donate some bricks of wax. Boom. Wax peoples skis for them, make some friends, get hyped on the season. It's a win win honestly.
Piggy back with mtns for on hill events. Have your members head down for events and rage. These are super easy because you pay for nothing and just have to show up and maybe make some social media posts/promote the event for the mountain and it's a good way to get people stoked.
Trips. Setting up weekend trips or trips for over school breaks is SOO much fun. Hit up a travel agent and they'll set you up with group rates. For example, for 40 people to go to Breckenridge from the East Coast for 7 days (5 days of skiing) staying in Beaver Run was about 700 dollars per person which is a STEAL. You can get some incredible deals on trips and they're always a great way to get people engaged and stoked on the club/skiing.
God there is so much left to be said about this, I don't even know where else to start. Hit me up with questions if you have them cause I don't know what more to say about this without writing a novel lol. This is what I can come up with off the top of my head and I know I'm missing lots of aspects but this is just general. Hit me up with any questions though and I'll try to answer it as best as I can. It's a LOT of work and it's something that's not going to be fully developed after a year but you get what you put into it. Good luck and keep the stoke alive OP!
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You're going to have to figure out a business model of some sort. If you're going through a school this part will probably have been done for you, but you can still add your own ideas to the mix.
Are you going to do a one day per week pass with your mountain and you guys go as a club weekly? Or will members purchase their own pass and this is more of a community club?
One thing to keep in mind is that mountains typically give you a discount when you purchase through group sales. Basically the more members you have the less you pay. So if you expect a lot of people to be a part of this club you might benefit from talking to your mountain to get some kind of season pass discount. If this is going to be small(under 75 people) then you might be better off allowing your members to purchase any type of pass or lift tickets that they chose. (This really all depends on what your goals are though)
Busing is huge. It gives you a community vibe and you get to fucking party on the bus(if you're of age). You guys go as a group and you can get your own crews going and overall it's a good thing. I know kids are all like "buses are lame mehh" but having a ride to the mtn and hanging out with new people is nice.
--
Set up social media. Odds are your content will be reposts and pretty lame compared to what you see from NS'ers but you can do a lot with it which I will explain later. Facebook and Insta are your friends.
Make some connections. Shop owners love ski clubs. Being associated with a club brings people into your shop and the owners can also help you pull off events. Mountain reps as well. Even some local ski companies. We do work with Planks Clothing. We tell all the people who come through our office about planks and they offer our members a discount on merch. So it's dope. If you're in a ski town or near a ski town definitely try to get in touch with people. They'll help you out.
If your school has a club fair, set up a table and make an info/email list. Get peoples emails if they're interested in receiving more information on the club. We use listserv for this. You can send mass emails quite easily. This also will give you a general idea of how many people would be interested.
--
Once you get all the basic ideas of the what the club will be, then you can start to think about how you can make it awesome.
MOVIE PREMIERS ARE CHEAP AND GOOD FOR FUNDRAISING. We brought in Bdog and Dollo and showed their movies last year and it was easy and cheap and everyone had a good time. This is awesome for preseason events and getting your name out there to new people. And it gets gapers/normal skiers hyped on freeskiing and introducing people to our sport is awesome.
Ski Tech/wax nights. You need like 3 people max, borrow a wax iron from a shop and see if they'll donate some bricks of wax. Boom. Wax peoples skis for them, make some friends, get hyped on the season. It's a win win honestly.
Piggy back with mtns for on hill events. Have your members head down for events and rage. These are super easy because you pay for nothing and just have to show up and maybe make some social media posts/promote the event for the mountain and it's a good way to get people stoked.
Trips. Setting up weekend trips or trips for over school breaks is SOO much fun. Hit up a travel agent and they'll set you up with group rates. For example, for 40 people to go to Breckenridge from the East Coast for 7 days (5 days of skiing) staying in Beaver Run was about 700 dollars per person which is a STEAL. You can get some incredible deals on trips and they're always a great way to get people engaged and stoked on the club/skiing.
God there is so much left to be said about this, I don't even know where else to start. Hit me up with questions if you have them cause I don't know what more to say about this without writing a novel lol. This is what I can come up with off the top of my head and I know I'm missing lots of aspects but this is just general. Hit me up with any questions though and I'll try to answer it as best as I can. It's a LOT of work and it's something that's not going to be fully developed after a year but you get what you put into it. Good luck and keep the stoke alive OP!
Rennis_Deynolds
Active member
13686409:Mingg said:
where do you people find the time for this shit
pduncan
Active member
I helped run my high schools "shred club". It turned out differently than I expected though. At first I thought it was going to be a group of core skiers that would meet at lunch once a week and watch edits or discuss skiing. However, as it went on it was more or less just a bunch of kids who wanted to eat lunch in the room and didn't give a damn about skiing haha. We did end up raising cash and making shirts to be able to take a ski trip. I don't know if I would do it again but if you have some real skiers it would be fun!
John18_6
Active member
Whatever you do just do more than organizing one school trip. Place I go to has one and that's the only function it served. I went to the first meeting and then turned my back on it because #1- there were no meetings the rest of the year and #2- I organized my own trip for less money.
MountainInMyMind
Member
I go to the biggest high school in Colorado/ the Rocky Mountain area and admin refuses to allow us to have a ski club. Our school crest is literally a fuckin a skier. I have been tryin for three years and have spent countless hours doing so. my advice would be to try to frame it to your school in a way that makes the sport sound as little risky as possible and give the school no liability